Idaho Code

Idaho Code § 72-602 (2026)

Employers’ notice of injury and reports.

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Employers’ notice of injury and reports.

(1) First report–Notice of injury or occupational disease. As soon as practicable but not later than ten (10) days after the occurrence of an injury or occupational disease, requiring treatment by a physician or resulting in absence from work for one (1) day or more, a report thereof shall be made in writing by the employer to the commission in the form prescribed by the commission; the mailing to the commission of the written report within the time prescribed shall be compliance.

(2) Extended disability–Sixty (60) day supplemental and final reports. If the disability extends beyond a period of sixty (60) days, the employer shall make a supplemental report to the commission at the end of such period, in the form prescribed by the commission, that the employee is still disabled.

(3) Supplemental report on termination of disability. Upon termination of the disability of the employee, the employer shall make a final supplemental report to the commission, in the form prescribed by the commission.

(4) Summary of compensation and medical services, paid and payable. Within such time, and under such conditions, as the commission shall prescribe by rule or regulation, but not more often than sixty (60) days after the termination of the disability of the employee, the employer or other party liable to pay the compensation provided for by this act shall file with the commission a summary showing the total compensation payments made or to be made for such employee. The time prescribed by the commission for the filing of such summaries may be different for medical and related benefit cases only as over against cases in which monetary benefits have been made to any such employee.

(5) Failure to file report a misdemeanor. An employer who willfully fails or refuses to make any report required by this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 7 cases, 1977–2007 · leading case: Bainbridge v. Boise Cascade Plywood Mill, 721 P.2d 179 (Idaho 1986).

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Bainbridge v. Boise Cascade Plywood Mill, 721 P.2d 179 (Idaho 1986). · cites it 44× “Bainbridge's condition, Boise Cascade did not file a "notice of injury and claim for benefits" (hereinafter "Form 1"), as required by I.C. § 72-602. [1] Ms. Bainbridge permanently ceased working for Boise Cascade in September 1981, but remained on the roll as an employee until…”

Sines v. Appel, 644 P.2d 331 (Idaho 1982). · cites it 8× “2d 1110 (1940) (decided under provisions of I.C. § 72-602, as it existed in 1940, which statute was reenacted almost verbatim in 1971 and now appears as I.”

Painter v. Potlatch Corp., 63 P.3d 435 (Idaho 2003). · cites it 2× “The commissioners found, in relevant part, that: (1) if proven, the incidents alleged by Painter on September 15 and 16,1997, would constitute accidents by statutory definition; (2) Painter’s testimony was inherently contradictory and, therefore, not credible; and (3) because…”

Petry v. Spaulding Drywall, 788 P.2d 197 (Idaho 1990). · cites it 8× “§ 72-604 if the employer had knowledge of the injury and willfully failed to file a report as required by I.C. § 72-602(1). Idaho Code § 72-601 (1) in turn, requires the employer to file a report to the Industrial Commission of any injury which requires treatment by a physician…”

Johnson v. Amalgamated Sugar Co., 702 P.2d 803 (Idaho 1985). · cites it 4× “The record establishes that Amalgamated failed to file the Notice of Injury report required of employers by I.C. § 72-602. Commission Conclusion of Law IV reads: IV The Employer in this matter is liable for the Claimant's attorney fees.”

Howard v. FMC Corp., 567 P.2d 10 (Idaho 1977). · cites it 8× “§ 72-701, and the employer’s notice to the Industrial Commission pursuant to I.C. § 72-602(1), 6 which requires that the employer give notice to the Commission of injury or occupational disease as soon as practicable but not later than ten days after the occurrence of an injury…”

Myers v. Qwest, 160 P.3d 437 (Idaho 2007). · cites it 2× “It has also provided that the statutes of limitations prescribed in Sections 72-701 and 72-706 are tolled by the employer’s willful failure or refusal to file the report required by Idaho Code § 72-602 (1). I.C. § 72-604. The legislature has not provided that the statute of…”

— Idaho Code § 72-602(1) — 3 cases

Bainbridge v. Boise Cascade Plywood Mill, 721 P.2d 179 (Idaho 1986). “Bainbridge's condition, Boise Cascade did not file a "notice of injury and claim for benefits" (hereinafter "Form 1"), as required by I.C. § 72-602. [1] Ms. Bainbridge permanently ceased working for Boise Cascade in September 1981, but remained on the roll as an employee until…”

Petry v. Spaulding Drywall, 788 P.2d 197 (Idaho 1990). “§ 72-604 if the employer had knowledge of the injury and willfully failed to file a report as required by I.C. § 72-602(1). Idaho Code § 72-601 (1) in turn, requires the employer to file a report to the Industrial Commission of any injury which requires treatment by a physician…”

Howard v. FMC Corp., 567 P.2d 10 (Idaho 1977). “§ 72-701, and the employer’s notice to the Industrial Commission pursuant to I.C. § 72-602(1), 6 which requires that the employer give notice to the Commission of injury or occupational disease as soon as practicable but not later than ten days after the occurrence of an injury…”

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